Are Black Women Engineers On the Brink of Extinction?
Amidst all the recent media hype about women of color having a moment and changing the world (all of which is true, by the way) comes alarming news about black…
The Kapors on Social Impact Investing and Why Their Investment Firm Will Be Run by People of Color
Many have heard the name “Kapor” as in the “Kapor Center for Social Impact” and “Kapor Capital,” but not many know the backstory of Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein.…
Level Up Your Sales/Marketing Strategy
If you are running an established small business, there is a sales prospecting opportunity you are likely missing right under your nose. It has nothing to do with boosting your…
Italy’s First Black Immigrant Senator Doesn’t Really Like Immigrants
Italy’s new parliament is now the most diverse it has ever been. It has more women. It is younger and for the first time ever, it will have a black…
Former NFL Lineman, Now at MIT, Talks Math and STEM
John Urschel, the former offensive lineman for the NFL team Baltimore Ravens, has switched careers and there’s nothing offensive about it. Urschel, the 2013 winner of the prestigious William V.…
Soft Sheen, One of the Most Successful Black Businesses
BLACK ENTERPRISE celebrates the 45th anniversary of its roster of the nation’s most successful black businesses—The BE 100s. To commemorate the significance of this collective’s widespread impact on black business…
Black Founders Matter Founder Seeks to Fund Black Tech Companies
Despite his best effort, Marceau Michel could not secure venture funding, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. What started off as a small T-shirt line that…
SportsConnectU Connects College Sports Recruiters to Student-Athletes
SportsConnectU is a new app created to revolutionize the college recruiting process by easily connecting college coaches and student-athletes. Black Enterprise caught up with co-founder Britney Morgan to find out…
The Disparity Between Black and White Workers in High-Paying Jobs
The legacy of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lives on, however, so does one major issue he and many others sought to fight against: racial inequality in the…
Black Harvard Grad Starts Business Taking African Americans to Developing Countries
Chandell Stone has started a dream business. Combining social good, exotic travel, and cultural exchange, Destination Teach is Stone’s answer to educational needs in developing countries, where most of the…